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KaBOOM! has launched Playful City USA, designed to offer towns and cities ?EUR??,,????'?????<????????benchmarks for creating an agenda on play.?EUR??,,????'?????<???????? The company is giving financial incentives to the first 30 cities who successfully submit their application and are selected as a Playful City USA. Selected cities will be eligible to apply for grants up to $25,000 to support their play plans?EUR??,,????'?????<???????????anything from funding a citywide Play Day to advertising play opportunities to purchasing play equipment or doing playground maintenance.
To achieve Playful City USA status five commitments must be met:
?EUR??,,????'?????<????????Remember don?EUR??,,????'?????<????????????EUR??,,??t recreate the wheel when applying, look at your existing infrastructure for play and adapt it to the application,?EUR??,,????'?????<???????? suggests a KaBOOM! spokesperson. An early deadline (July 15) for city applications will allow a national reviewer to either pre-approve the application or provide feedback prior to the ?EUR??,,????'?????<????????regular?EUR??,,????'?????<???????? deadline, Sept. 15, 2007. For more info, google ?EUR??,,????'?????<????????playfulcityusa.?EUR??,,????'?????<????????
Note: KaBOOM will hold a national recognition ceremony for Playful City USA at the National League of Cities Conference and Expo in New Orleans, Nov. 14 ?EUR??,,????'?????<??????????????+17.
Francisco Uviña, University of New Mexico
Hardscape Oasis in Litchfield Park
Ash Nochian, Ph.D. Landscape Architect
November 12th, 2025
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